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Regimen sanitatis ad regem Aragonum 10a 210
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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Abstract

This manuscript is a fourteenth-century or very early fifteenth-century copy of Arnaldus de Villanova's guide to health for James II, King of Aragon from 1291 to 1327, on topics such as bathing, eating, drinking, and sleeping. This guide, referred to in the manuscript both as Liber de conservatione sanitatis and Regimen generale (fols. 1r-26r), is followed by the much briefer Regimen speciale (fols. 26r-28v), which, unlike the main text, mostly consists of recipes. The text is written in two columns of a rounded Gothic script with the start of chapters marked by alternating red and blue initials.

Physical Description

Support: Parchment; Extent: i+28+i; 185 × 125 mm bound to 190 x 135 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, [i, 1–29], upper center or right recto; Collation: 1-3 (8), 4 (4); Catchwords: Horizontal, lower right last verso, framed by simple rectangles of black and red ink (fols. 8v, 16v, 24v)

Layout

Two columns of twenty-seven lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; written area: 135 × 90mm

Script

Gothic--rotunda

Decoration

One large puzzle initial in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and purple and a vertical extension of half-fleurs-de-lis alternately blue or red (fol. 1r); chapters with two-line initials alternately red with purple penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork; rubrics in red; capitals stroked in red

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Notes

Paper flyleaves

Front and back flyleaves foliated as fol. i and fol. 29

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

Fore edge

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Keywords
Treatise
14th century
15th century
France
Spain
Science -- Medicine
Puzzle initial
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians o

Place of Origin

Spain or southern France

Date

14th century or circa 1400

Binding

Twentieth-century marbled grey paper over pasteboards, the spine formerly with a titlepiece, now missing

Language

Latin

Provenance

Purchased by the College of Physicians in 1920 (College of Physicians bookplate, inside back cover)

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Place of Origin

Spain or southern France

Date

14th century or circa 1400

Language

Latin

Provenance

Purchased by the College of Physicians in 1920

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This manuscript is a fourteenth-century or very early fifteenth-century copy of Arnaldus de Villanova's guide to health for James II, King of Aragon from 1291 to 1327, on topics such as bathing, eating, drinking, and sleeping. This guide, referred to in the manuscript both as Liber de conservatione sanitatis and Regimen generale (fols. 1r-26r), is followed by the much briefer Regimen speciale (fols. 26r-28v), which, unlike the main text, mostly consists of recipes. The text is written in two columns of a rounded Gothic script with the start of chapters marked by alternating red and blue initials.

Notes

Paper flyleaves

Front and back flyleaves foliated as fol. i and fol. 29

Script note

Gothic--rotunda

Decoration Note

One large puzzle initial in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and purple and a vertical extension of half-fleurs-de-lis alternately blue or red (fol. 1r); chapters with two-line initials alternately red with purple penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork; rubrics in red; capitals stroked in red

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

Fore edge

Top edge

Bottom edge

Keywords
Treatise
14th century
15th century
France
Spain
Science -- Medicine
Puzzle initial
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians o
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